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The world is a better place because you are in it Mark . I hope we can toast and celebrate this in DC .... and give you a birthday spanking too since we will be celebrating your birthday that happens to fall during AMG .

I don't have any Merlot at hand, so I'll raise my Diet Dr. Pepper in your honor for now.

Hearing stories like yours gives many of us newly dx'd, or fairly newly dx'd, inspiration. I'm so glad you made it through the dark times and are here to tell your story. Here's to many more years of good health and happiness!

Now -- with all the toasts that you are bound to get in DC -- I promise to (once again) walk you safely back to your hotel. Fortunately, DC is not as hilly as Seattle was, so I won't fear watching your roll down the street........